Maine Memory Network

State employees protest, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-05-02 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

High School protest, Lubec, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Student strike, Colby College, 1970

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

State employees protest, Augusta, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-21 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Potato protest, Mapleton, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-12-15 Location: Mapleton Media: Photographic print

Women's Suffrage march in Market Square, Houlton, ca. 1912

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1912 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Potato protest, Houlton, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-03-23 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tiananmen Square Protests, Portland, 1989

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Portland; Beijing Media: Photographic print

Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-12-16 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

University of Maine workers protest, Bangor, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-04-20 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Protesting proposed federal budget cuts, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-04-15 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Black Lives Matter sign, Brunswick, 2020

Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image

Truck blockade at Bill's Truck Stop, Fairfield, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-06-20 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Protestors with Gov. Brennan, May 25, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-05-25 Location: Augusta; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Pussy hat, Augusta, 2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Augusta Media: Polyester yarn

Boise Cascade strikers, Rumford, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-30 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Sheriff's Association pickets, Portland, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-03-23 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Truck barricade at Dysarts Fuel Stop, Hermon 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-06-14 Location: Bangor; Hermon Media: Photographic print

Nuclear protestors, Augusta, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-05-25 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Edwards Manufacturing strike, Augusta, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-06-30 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Temperance march in Bangor, 1909

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1909-09-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Press conference with Gov. Joseph Brennan, May 25, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-05-25 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Black Power banner, Waterville, 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Cotton

Male review protestors, Waterville, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-22 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Purr-Sist button, Bethel, 2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Bethel Media: Metal, plastic

Letter concerning Prayer for the President, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Charles Vaughan letter to Kennebec Proprietors, 1808

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1808-04-18 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Say Their Names sign, Brunswick, 2020

Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image

George Floyd mural, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph

No Radiation without Representation Yes on 1A t-shirt, 1984

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984 Media: Cotton, ink

Don’t poison the natives, No nuke waste burial in Maine, 1984

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984 Media: Cotton, ink

Presque Isle Air Base Chapel, 1955

Contributed by: Bonnie Smith Vaughan through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1955 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Don't Yank the Crank Committee, Bryant Pond, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-22 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

George Pierce on Bowdoin incident, Brunswick, 1823

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

U.S. Customs and Post Office construction, Lubec, ca. 1963

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1963 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

July 12 celebration, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Pro nuclear message, Wiscasset, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-09-18 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Metacom of Pokanoket or "King Philip", 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on paper

Lower Falls at Saccarappa Dam, Westbrook, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-11 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

War Stamps 'protester,' Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Improved Order of Red Men badge, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Silk

  view a full transcription

Mary Caffrey Low, Waterville, 1875

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1875 Location: Waterville Media: Cabinet photograph

Gen. Shepley appeal to Maj. Gen. Ord, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Norfolk Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Petition to Parliament by George Cleeve, 1642

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1642 Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Men unloading contraband liquor, ca. 1920

Do you know who these people are?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Bethel Media: Glass Negative

K.B. Sewall draft of letter to Phineas Barnes, Mobile, 1858

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1858-01-08 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

James Jones, Farmington, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Farmington Media: Daguerreotype

Distribution of separationist sentiment, Portland, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

North Yarmouth Copy of the Declaration of Independence, 1776

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1776-07-04 Location: Philadelphia Media: Paper

Dispute over flag lowering, Portland, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-07-01 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Ku Klux Klan march, Island Falls, 1924

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1924-07-12 Location: Island Falls; Houlton Media: Photographic print

Ku Klux Klan march, Island Falls, 1924

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1924-07-12 Location: Island Falls; Houlton Media: Photographic print

Free Bridge Broadside, Portland, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1837 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Samuel Huntington to James Bowdoin on suppressing Shays' Rebellion, Hartford, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785-05-26 Location: Hartford; Boston Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

"An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Orchard Cook on his frustration with Maine's separation movement, Washington DC, 1806

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1806-07-27 Location: Washington; Boston Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

A petition against dividing the town of Berwick, 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

No on 1, Maine won’t discriminate t-shirt, 1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1995 Media: Cotton, ink

Churches, Lubec, ca. 1908, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Smyrna Mills church and parsonage, ca. 1908

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1908 Location: Smyrna Mills Media: Photograph

Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1858 Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Prohibition election card, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911-09-10 Media: Ink on paper

Samuel Adams to James Warren, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-17 Location: Springfield; Watertown Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

John O'Donnell, Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Reuben and Clara Cohen, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: circa 1980 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Captain Gordon and 'Flying Torah,' Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1945 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

"The Klansmen's Rally Song," Bangor, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Interdenominational church service, Portland, ca. 1954

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1954 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Thank you note for Shepley donation, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Reverends of Biddeford and Saco, 1895

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1895 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Albumen print

John Bapst, Bangor, ca. 1860

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1860 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Letter to State Commisioner of Education from Wilson G. Smillie, Surry, 1952

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1952-09-15 Location: Surry Media: Typewritten ink on onion skin paper

  view a full transcription

Gen. G.F. Shepley to Edwin Stanton on Spanish ship, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-10-13 Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Third phase, burning of Old South Church, Bath, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854-07-06 Location: Bath Media: Oil on canvas

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 7, 1694-1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1694–1853 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 5, 1673–1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1673–1856 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Ink on paper